Insurance code proposed to curb political contributions
A Minnesota-Northwest insurance officials committee approved a uniform code penalizing officers who fund political campaigns. The measure mirrors New York law, making campaign contributions by insurance officers a misdemeanor with up to one year jail and fines up to 1000 dollars. In Crookston a chase ends with three harvest hands captured near Fisher after a post office and stamp theft. the gang suspected in Mentor bank robbery remains at large.
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St. Paul
State Capitol
Rean EB. Folk
Knoxville
Tenn
New York
Crookston
Minn
Fisher
Dakota
Haletedh
Mentor
Burns to Death on Train Conductor Perishes in Fire
George H. Fellows, a flight train conductor, was burned to death yesterday morning when the merchandise car he rode in caught fire near Snowden after departing Glasgow Montana. The fire began about one and a half miles from Snowden, and the train was cut in two. Fellows could not be removed in time. The origin of the blaze is unknown.
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Willistop
N. D
George ‘H. Fellows
Glasgow
Mont
Snowden
Drugeist Johnson
Cando
Fish Lake
Turtle Mountains
Valley City
Peoria
United States Fish Commission
North Dakota
Paul Bealer
Joba
Lidgerwood
O. H. Lipps
Wahpeton
Chicago
St. Louis
L. B. Pendroy
Great Northern
Towner
Ward
James McCanna
Marshal Cavera
Hausman
Churches Ferry
McCanna
Abe" Gunn
Gunn
Tomortal
Federa
Richland County
Milton Loka Balfour
Lehigh student dies after line drive hits heart
Allentown Pa Aug 24 Caspar Musselman nineteen year old Lehigh University student died after a pitched ball struck his heart while catching for the Catasauqua team during a hat game against Phillipsburg Two thousand fans watched Musselman collapse at the plate and die seconds later after the fourth inning hit
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Lehigh University
Allentown
Caspar Musselman
Lehigh, University
Musselman
Catasagua
Phillipsburg Nine
Tell
Hoke Smith Wins in Georgia Democratic Primary
In Atlanta on August 24 the Georgia state Democratic primaries yielded a sweeping victory for Hoke Smith for governor. He carried 110 of 145 counties, with Clark Howell six, J H Bettie two, R B Russell eight, and James M Smith three, leaving sixteen counties pending. Smith totals 219 of 366 state convention votes.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Clark Howell
J. H. Be Tll
Savannah
R. B. Russell
James M. Smith
Nightmarish fall from hotel window injures farmer
John Wijoon, a prominent farmer northwest of here, drove to town and stayed at the Henshaw hotel. After a nightmare he awoke believing he was home and walked out of a second story window, falling to the pavement. He broke his arm and was injured.
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Miller
John Wijoon
Here
Henshaw Hotel
Alienist Dr John A Rice Dies at 75 Pioneer of Wisconsin
Dr John A Rice, one of the alienists who assessed Charles Guiteau's sanity in the Garfield assassination case, died at his home after a long illness. He was seventy five and a pioneer of Waukesha county, arriving in 1851.
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Garfield
Merton
Wis
John A. Rice
Charles J. Guiteau
James A. Garfield
Waukesha County
Runaway crash injures women near farm
Mrs Nels H Peterson and her daughter Lottie suffered serious injuries when a horse spooked and bolted a buggy northwest of town. In Appleton Minnesota Harry Clayton was killed by a train after ignoring warnings on the yard tracks. In Helena Montana a man left a note claiming lifelong unhappiness before taking poison. In St Paul a 34 year old man died in a separate incident.
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Lushi Mink
Mré
Nels’ H, Peterson
Lottie
Saute
Appleton
Minn
Harry
Clayton
Great Northern
Farmers Need More Men in Harvest Fields
St. Paul reports harvest fields are short by 25,000 to 40,000 men. Those aiding to move crops work overtime to compensate for labor shortages. Railroads including the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Soo advertise broadly in Minnesota Ohio Indiana and other eastern points, but results are not as strong as hoped.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Soo
Minois
Ohio
Intiana
Onions Bring Prosperity in Iowa Record Crop
Hidora Iowa August 25 onion crop in Iowa will be largest ever raised and help farmers pay mortgages build homes and raise revenue. Pleasant Valley Scott County expects 600 to 900 bushels per acre with current prices around five to six cents per bushel.
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Iowa
Hidora
Pleasant’ Valley
Scott County
Diamonds Discovered by Prof Andrea in Manitoba
Prof Reuben Andrea, known in Winnipeg and Portage La Prairie, returns with a fistful of rough diamonds he claims to have found within Manitoba. He shows them to local jewelers who call them first water stones. Andrea has staked a claim and sent samples to New York by express, insured for 825,000.
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Andrea
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
Reuben Adrea
Portage la Prairie
New York
Express
North Western Railway opens new yards in Winona
The North Western Railway company opens new yards in Winona Minnesota. The former Youmans Bros. & Hodgins lumber yard site was purchased and switch tracks laid there. Five to six trucks operate there, handling about 500 cars. Over two years the company expanded the shops and equipment at a cost of about $100 000.
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Winona
Minn
North-Western Railway Company
Youmans, Bros. & Hodgins Company
Club to Exploit Valley Movement in Red River Valley
Red River towns convene in Crookston Minnesota to organize a regional movement for growth and development of the Red River valley inviting nearly 100 towns in Minnesota and North Dakota to workshops in late September. Heat kills and prostrations rise in Milwaukee as temperatures near 90 and heavy rains arrive. Wages for lumber workers surge with daily pay reaching 4.5 to 5 per day in Rupert Wisconsin. A sheep herder dies in Miles City after a cloudburst scattering his team and wagon.
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Red River
Movermont
Crookston
Minn
Thowasnd Club
Red River Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Kille
Milwaukee
Wis
Helens
Mont
Killed by Train Near Sleepy Eye Minnesota
Overly garbled report describes a man named John igdorer killed by a passenger train while employed at a farm stand. The incident occurred near Sleepy Eye Minnesota on August 25. Details are incomplete in the fragmentary OCR.
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Sleepy Kya. Minn
John Igdorer
North Dakota notes reveal o b a Bee industry and new churches
Long North Dakota column reports A Williams of Cooperstown entering the bee business. McVille organizes a Presbyterian church. Mayville opens a flax mill while seeking a denatured alcohol plant. Richland county fair anticipates high race action amid heat concerns as harvest fields draw workers. Devils Lake Catholics buy land for a $20,000 church site. Litchville to build a Congregational church.
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A. Willaims
Cooperstown
McVille
Mayville
Richland County
Porthweater
McLean County Fair Association
Underwood
Crosby
Devils Lake
Litchville
Ward
Northwestern Telephone Company
Grand Forks
Thomas Costello
Milton
Hannaford
Fort Russell
Frank Lake shoots two men in Fargo incident
A confrontation at Frank Lake's Fargo Hollow led to Omatad and Mitchell being shot. Lake, detained, claims the men tried breaking into his home while Omatad suffered a leg wound and Mitchell both legs. State's Attorney Barnett investigates conflicting versions.
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Frank Lake
Lake’ Place
Omstad
Lake
Mitchell
Omatad
Frank
Charlie
Fargo
Roy Hamilton
Democratic State Committee Meeting Details 1906 North Dakota
State central committee meeting held in Miot North Dakota on August 2 1906 lists district representatives across 40 districts with vacancies in several districts and names including F A Wilson M Brynjolfson J D Robinson J W Boeing David Borman John Vallely D M Holmer F C Hellstrom Louis A Taubert Martin Larson M N Early Jens Pedersen L Engle L S Plateau Oscar Binford Gov A Luce James P Lambe H D Allert Marlon Edwards Thomas W Conyers M P Martli Wesley C McDowell Ed N Lieby W L Yeater P E Byrne William Collins R B Cox John Bruegger J 0 Johnson J A McGregor Frank Lish H J Mitchell S Doyle Dr 1 O Clark Fred L Bly M Smith M A Wipperman Charles Fallback B P Totten Gustave Brecke and others with districts ranging from First to Fortieth.
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David Borman
Canna
John Vallely
Grand Forks
D. M. Holmer
F. C. Hellstrom
Fargo
Louis A. Taubert
Casselton
Martin Larson
Wheatland
M, N. Early
Wahpeton
Jens Pedersen
Milner
Mr. L. Engle
Lisbon
L. 5
Plateau
Valley City
Griggs County
Oscar Binford
Steele Ecounty
Gov. A. Luce
Hope
James P. Lambe
Michigan
H. D. Allert
Langdon
Marlon Edwards
Rolette
Benson County
Thomnon W. Conyers
Cando
Thomas W. Conyers
M. P. Martli
Jamestown
Wesley C._ McDowell
Marton
Ed N. Lieby
Ellendale
W. L. Yeater
Hazleton
P. E. Byrne
Bismarck
William Collins
Bottine
Land Grabbers Routed In Devils Lake District
United States District Attorney Rourke announces that several quarter sections in the Devils Lake land district will open for homestead entry after fraud charges against claim holders. He has secured evidence prompting hearings. those named may appear or risk cancellation of their land.
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United States
Rourke
Devils Lake Land District
Devila Lake Land District
Slugged and run down by train near Drake
Charles Roce of Albla Iowa was found near Drake with both legs mangled and head bruises, suggesting a possible murder attempt. He had been forcibly moved and left after a train strike, with evidence of blows from a blunt instrument.
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Charles Roce
Albla Iowa
Drake
Falls From Train Fatal Wound Likely Fatal To Gebus
J A Gebus of Nettleville Wisconsin was on a southbound train to Portal North Carolina when the locomotive headlight dazed him at Minot. He fell onto the track and was dragged under the oncoming wheels, both legs crushed and likely amputated. He is thirty five and traveling to visit his brother.
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Great Northern
Minot
Saline
Eye Creek
Granville
Idx Dalton
Fort Totten
Grand Junction
Cole
Joseph Chisholm
Lisbon
Cass County
A. A. McClure
Maddock
Botte
J. A. Gebus
Nettleville
Wis
Portal
N. C
Gebus
BECAME INSANE IN KENMARE YOUNG LADY TAKEN TO MINOT
A 23 year old teacher Mig Adell Nelson from Pleas ant near Kenmare displayed sudden naked outbursts and violent insanity in a Kenmare hotel. She was cared for, then transported on a stretcher to Minot for hospital treatment with Nurse Thomas supervising. A strange epidemic sense is noted among young people with nervous decline following illness. Nearby Kenmare brick makers ship large quantities of brick.
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Mig Adell Nelson
Pleasant
Kenmare
Saly
Weyburn
Canada
Minneapolis
Minot
Kicker
Hoffman
Thomas
Adenia
Minot Woman Rescued From Suicide Attempts at Hotel Dakotah
Mrs George Seuvers of Larimore Grand Forks county and a Wisconsin native drank with her husband at the Hotel Dakotah Minot. She tried to drink carbolic acid twice but was thwarted by the clerk and Officer Lake. A physician advised confinement for the night and she fought officers in custody. She tore her skirt and attempted hanging herself in the jail cell.
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Minot
Hubble
George Seuvers
Dakotah
Cera Zelgenblen
Lake
Cain
Larimore
Grand Forks County
Wis “Oosin
Flames Fatal at Larimore Livery Stable Fire
Three men perished in a Larimore livery stable fire started by lightning. Thirty one horses burned, including Kelly’s team, with extensive property loss. One victim was John Hogge, a 22 year old colored bootblack. Additional losses included autos, a schooner of equipment, and multiple buggy vehicles.
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Larimore
Thomas Kelly
John Hogge
Larim
Elbarn
Loulaville
Kelly
J. M. Smith
Ward
Alexandria
Minn
Grand Forks
Thomas Keenan
Loase
Jag Wagons Licensed Saloons Targeted by Moorhead Ordinance
Mayor Johnson of Moorhead plans to enforce a 1897 ordinance licensing jag wagons tied to saloons. Wagons must be 21 or older, licensed at $5 yearly, and may stand only on the west side of Fourth Street between Northern Pacific Avenue and First Avenue. Police to notify owners.
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Johnson
Fargo
Moorhead
Fourth Street
Pacific Avenue
First Avenue
Wade
Anoka Man Accused In Bold Buggy Theft
Sheriff returns a Dickinson county case from Evarts Kentucky to a 20 year old youth accused of stealing a driving horse and buggy from Dickinson station. The suspect claimed the name Henry Garrett Murphy of Anoka Minnesota and signed Robert Murphy in a hotel register at Byarts. The rig traveled 100 miles to Salem South Dakota then east to Milwaukee extension and across the Missouri River to Boston where he allegedly tried to trade the rig and cash. He says he bought the horses and buggy at Gleeding Moat.
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Dickinson
Evarts
Bugsy
Henry Garrett Murphy
Anoka
Minn
BY Arts
Robert Murphy
Tealdence
Dickingon
Salem
Milwaukee
Missburt
Barts
Murphy
Gleeding Moat
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